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Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?

40d ago

“Should Rep. Chuck Edwards resign over the ethics probe into conduct toward female aides?”

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    Florence·...
    I think you’ve hit the nail on the head when you say “the biggest problem is that each sides narrative requires the others to be illegitimate”. Without even discussing land, cooperation or rights this one phrase sums up the impasse....
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  • ↳onCould you choose your own legal code?: Legal scholarsby
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    "No, I don't think I'd choose my own legal code entirely.   Laws exist because human beings are capable of incredible kindness and breathtaking stupidity before breakfast. A society needs a framework bigger than any one person's preferences....
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  • ↳onThe Open Question April 22: Who decides what's good for the planet?by
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    jordanSA·...
    I wholeheartedly agree we need to become a more mature species; especially the kind of intelligence that can empathize, love, sacrifice, and has wisdom. I dont think cognitive intelligence alone can do the trick (which i think may be extremely relevant to AI)....
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  • ↳onThe Open Question April 8: How do you determine what something's worth?by
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    Terry387·...

    I am not against capitalism but sharing one's excessive wealth in helping the least fortunate brings good karma. When donating money, do it privately and away from public scrunity. 

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  • ↳onWisdom Is Taboo — And Why That Matters Nowby
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    Adam1·...
    Wisdom, as one of the four Stoic virtues, is (I believe) the most important virtue. The others, Courage, Justice and Temperance (or Self Discipline) all need Wisdom to be used soundly....
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  • ↳onNo other choice.byBBill Green
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    IsBix·...
    To call an entire group of people 'rabid' sounds exactly like the comments the racists made about African Americans. In a literal sense it is just a lie. Which means you are choosing it to be insulting and derogatory. Which is shameful and disgusting....
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  • ↳onAverse to one metric judgments?byKkenofearth
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    kenofearth·...
    Granted, but when ideas conflict, evidence is partial, and stakes are real; when under uncertainties, instabilities, time and performance imperative pressures, especially affecting from narrowly scoped and domained interests with power, clarities so often have stowaway costs,...
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  • ↳onAMA with Hannah Aline Taylorby
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    thank you for this point!! "responsibility comes in indivisible portions of 100%" 
    This is the quantum understanding of responsibility and reciprocity. 

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  • ↳onGreat charts on polarization and echo-chambers in the USAby
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    Republic-of-Cascadia·...
    Some opinions are just wrong. Homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, and bigotry are not political issues. They're moral issues. Simply shouting "echo chamber" and insisting that moral people agree with your immorality in the name of 'unity' does not constitute an echo chamber...
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    Mo Jeffreys·...

    It is none of your business if somebody votes or not.  It does not disqualify somebody from having a valid opinion you can learn from.

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    JulieI·...

    Aren't there a few things you shouldn't stand in loving acceptance of?

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    So8res·...
    The title was never meant as "it is 100% certain beyond any possible doubt that if anyone builds it everyone dies" and I'm uncertain why people read it that way....
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    So8res·...
    The word "alignment" has been reduced to meaning something like "it won't give you a meth recipe unless you know how to jailbreak it", and the companies go around saying things like "look how aligned our model is" in a way that is mostly about this property and not very much...
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  • ↳onAMA with Nate Soaresby
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    Do you think it would be helpful and do you believe it’s possible for there to be a global citizen consensus that we should not make AGI (or at least pause until we understand better)? If yes to both, what can we all be doing? Do we need a centralized movement?...
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  • ↳onIncorruptible Organizations AMA with Eric Riesby
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    johnaweiss·...
    What is a "mission-driven organization"? You are saying "companies". ​If it's a "company", then its MISSION is to make money. A "company" doesn't "need money to survive"; a company survives to make money. Ries speaks as if there's some other mission....
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  • ↳onIncorruptible Organizations AMA with Eric Riesby
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    Godless Guru·...
    It is quite impossible to prevent or entirely rid any ‘mission-driven’ organization or institution of corruption.  Authentic human behavior and personal motives are, of necessity, subordinated to ‘mission’ or greater cause....
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